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argumentnoun an often noisy or angry expression of differing opinionsthe couple's arguments were often loud enough to be heard all over the neighborhood altercation, argle-bargle(chiefly British), argy-bargy(chiefly British), battle royal, bicker, brawl, contretemps, controversy, cross fire, disagreement, dispute, donnybrook, falling-out, fight, hassle, imbroglio, kickup, misunderstanding, quarrel, rhubarb, row, scrap, set-to, spat, squabble, tiff, wrangle clash, run-in, skirmish, tangle, tusslelogomachyfeud, vendettaattack, contention, dissension(also dissention)debate, difference, disputationfuss, objection, protest, protestationaffray(chiefly British), fisticuffs, fracas, fray, free-for-all, melee(also mêlée)catfight a statement given to explain a belief or actgave a solid argument for the redeeming value of the shockingly violent movie account, accounting, case, explanation, rationale, reason alibi, apologia, apology, defense, excuse, justification, vindicationappeal, pleaguise, pretense(or pretence), pretext, rationalization an exchange of views for the purpose of exploring a subject or deciding an issuethe president of the Senate has allotted a week for the argument of the treaty argumentation, argy-bargy(chiefly British), back-and-forth, colloquy, confab, confabulation, conference, consult, consultation, council, counsel, debate, deliberation, dialogue(also dialog), discussion, give-and-take, palaver, parley, talk bull session, chat room, forum, meeting, powwow(informal, now offensive), roundtable, seminar, skull session(also skull practice), symposium, talkathonchat, conversation, rap, wordsdiscourse, disquisitionbargaining, consultancy, negotiation, pourparler an idea or opinion that is put forth in a discussion or debateit's my argument that we have too many problems here on earth to concern ourselves with manned trips to Mars assertion, contention, thesis conjecture, guess, hunch, hypothesis, speculation, surmise, theoryproposal, propositionassumption, presupposition, suppositionposition, standcase, explanation, rationale, reason in the 14th century |